Bien Hoa Airport is considered as one of the dioxin hot spots in the country due to its high level of the chemical. (Source: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The US Agency for International Development (USAID) will cooperate with the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence to design and implement a project on dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa Airport in the southern province of Dong Nai. A document of intent to this effect was signed by the USAID and the Department of Military Science under the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence on January 23. The US side committed to handling post-war consequences while further promoting economic, cultural and security ties between the two countries. Addressing the signing ceremony, Vietnamese Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Nguyen Chi Vinh, who is also head of the National Steering Committee on the Settlement of Post-war Unexploded Ordnance (UXO) and Toxic Chemical Consequences, said the signing of the document is one of the … [Read more...] about USAID helps with dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa Airport
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Dong Nai: 500 free tickets to send poor migrant workers home for Tet
The labor federation will also present 2,000 gift packages, worth VND 500,000 (USD 22) each, to impoverished laborers. The free tickets will be given to disadvantaged workers from Northern and Central provinces. The free tickets will be given to workers from Northern and Central provinces who are living in difficulties and have not afforded returning home for Tet for many years, said the provincial labor federation’s Vice Chairman Tang Quoc Lap.The tickets will be distributed to districts and townships that have a large number of industrial parks and migrant workers, such as Bien Hoa city, Trang Bom and Long Thanh districts, he added. According to Chairman of the Labor Federation of Trang Bom district Le Duc Thuy, the district chapter has also prepared 1,500 gift packages and 200 free coach tickets to give to disadvantaged workers. This year, wages and Tet bonus of workers in Dong Nai have been significantly improved. Those working for FDI enterprises received … [Read more...] about Dong Nai: 500 free tickets to send poor migrant workers home for Tet
Capital flow is shifting from Long Thanh vacant land to Bien Hoa center
Capital flow is shifting from Long Thanh vacant land to Bien Hoa center The Dong Nai real estate market is seeing remarkable changes as capital flows are sharply shifting from the area around Long Thanh airport to Bien Hoa downtown. From Long Thanh to Bien Hoa In the first months of 2017, the hub of the Dong Nai real estate market just rotated around the story of the Long Thanh International Airport planning to be approved. As recorded in the first nine months of this year, more than VND8,000 billion from Saigon investors poured in more than 200 projects large and small with a scale of nearly 2,000 hectares in Long Thanh. The most affected areas are Binh Son and Loc An communes (in Long Thanh District) whose land areas are only partially cleared, being considered “lucrative” to investors. Since the beginning of June, however, the trading of Long Thanh land market has slowed down as a result of a rule on limited land allocation, land separation and land transfer within … [Read more...] about Capital flow is shifting from Long Thanh vacant land to Bien Hoa center
Dong Nai releases one million fish into Tri An Lake
Dong Nai releases one million fish into Tri An LakeBy Van Nam - The Saigon Times DailyHCMC – Dong Nai Province government will release one million breed fishes into Tri An Lake in Vinh Cuu District at 8 a.m. on Saturday in an act to raise local awareness of protecting the aquaculture resources of this huge lake.The event will take place on the traditional day of seeing the Kitchen God off to heaven by a carp, an annual custom practiced by Vietnamese seven days before Lunar New Year.Mui said the release of another million fish into the lake would take place in July and total expenditure for the two events was some VND700 million, mostly mobilized from local fishermen.According to the center, Tri An Lake as the reservoir for the hydropower plant of the same name has a total area of 32,400 hectares and contains three billion cubic meters of water. The lake supplies fresh water for millions of people in Bien Hoa City in Dong Nai Province and HCMC.In recent years, unconscious fish … [Read more...] about Dong Nai releases one million fish into Tri An Lake
Dong Nai: Local voluntarily hands over 200 kg bear
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On December 20, Dong Nai provincial Forest Protection Department and the Cat Tien National Park Rescue Centre received the bear from Nguyen Thi Lan’s family in Tan Hiep ward, Bien Hoa city. The female bear has been kept in Lan’s family for over 20 years as a pet. The bears have been chipped for years for management and have just been re-attached to mocrochip on December 3. During the inspection and chip re-attaching for bears in Dong Nai, the World Animal Protection Organisation together with the Dong Nai Forest Protection encouraged the family to hand over the bear to functional forces. In early December, Lan's family made a voluntary petition to hand over the bear. According to the World Animal Protection’s staff, the bear has no signs of extracting bile in recent years. Lan said that when starting to raise the bear, it was only 1.8 kg, but now her weight is more than 200 kg. After being informed by the authorities, Lan wished to transfer the bear to the State so … [Read more...] about Dong Nai: Local voluntarily hands over 200 kg bear
Bien Hoa real estate: Land prices seen rising sharply at year-end
Bien Hoa real estate: Land prices seen rising sharply at year-end By the end of 2017, the billion-dollar capital flows are massively flocking to Bien Hoa after the decision to extend the Metro Line No. 1 to the center of Bien Hoa City, causing land prices here to increase “dizzily”. The decision to extend the Metro line to Bien Hoa is expected to create a positive sign for the Bien Hoa property market. Surging trades At present, Bien Hoa housing prices are increasing sharply. In many areas, prices simultaneously increased by 20 - 30% in comparison with early November, and doubled or even tripled versus early 2016. Likened to Nguyen Hue Avenue in Saigon, Vo Thi Sau Street - home to many high-end buildings occupied by most expats in Bien Hoa City – has its vacant land price currently being traded at VND60-90 million dongs per square meter, rising by 50% - 60% compared to the beginning of 2016. In recent weeks, land prices here have continually increased after the … [Read more...] about Bien Hoa real estate: Land prices seen rising sharply at year-end
Library of Dong Nai province: 35-year stage of building and development
(Cinet) – Recently, Library of Dong Nai province has held a solemnly 35th anniversary of establishment date (November 15th, 1976 – November 15th, 2011). 35 years has elapsed, the library system of Dong Nai province has ceaselessly strived for development, creation and integration, forming a widespread network of libraries with their increasingly higher scale and quality, timely satisfying the people’s reading demands, partly contributing to the cause of building and developing the nation. Up to date, the whole province has had 927 libraries (01 provincial library, 11 libraries at levels of districts, Bien Hoa city and rubber company, 103 libraries as a place for reading books, a home of communal cultural post office, 01 library of Children’s house, 486 libraries of schools, 119 bookshelves of hamlets, 171 bookcases of laws, 26 bookcases of communes and wards, 11 libraries combined farm – commune). Now, libraries’ total … [Read more...] about Library of Dong Nai province: 35-year stage of building and development
Three transformation plans for Bien Hoa 1 IP
Three transformation plans for Bien Hoa 1 IPDa Ban By Da Ban - The Saigon Times Daily HCMC – Dong Nai Industrial Park Development Corporation (Sonadezi) has sent the government of Dong Nai Province three plans for a project to convert Bien Hoa 1 Industrial Park into an urban-service-commercial area. The province’s vice chairman Tran Minh Phuc said Sonadezi had proposed the three plans based on the results of its survey of 107 enterprises operating at Bien Hoa 1. Of these enterprises, 26 want to continue staying in the urban-service –commercial area project, 23 others plan to relocate, and seven wish to participate in a level-one joint stock company which will invest in infrastructure for the area. With the first plan, the provincial government will set up a project management unit in charge of site clearance and compensation, and infrastructure development in the area. Enterprises that move to other places will get support from the province and enjoy policy … [Read more...] about Three transformation plans for Bien Hoa 1 IP
Work starts on major bridge in Dong Nai
Work starts on major bridge in Dong NaiLe Anh By Le Anh - The Saigon Times Daily DONG NAI - Construction Corporation No.1 (CC1) on December 30 broke ground for An Hao bridge over a branch of the Dong Nai River to help ease traffic congestion and boost socio-economic development in Bien Hoa City and neighboring areas. The 475-meter-long An Hao bridge has four lanes for autos and two lanes for rudimentary vehicles, and its approach roads are designed to start from Tan Van intersection and end at Vo Nguyen Giap Street in Bien Hoa City. The bridge and related components belong to the New Dong Nai Bridge project. The investor will also build a tunnel with two lanes from the National Highway 51 section near Vung Tau Junction to the area near the New Dong Nai Bridge. Speaking at the groundbreaking ceremony, CC1 general director Le Huu Viet Duc said the New Dong Nai Bridge and its approach roads have met demand for travel between the areas at the ends of the Dong Nai Bridge. But a new route is … [Read more...] about Work starts on major bridge in Dong Nai
Ho Chi Minh City approves metro line extension to Dong Nai, Binh Duong
The metro line will extend to Dong Nai province’s Bien Hoa city and Binh Duong province’s Di An town as proposed by Japanese consultant joint-venture Nippon Koei – Tokyu. The cost of extending the line will be VND 21.23 trillion (nearly USD 950 million), including VND 2.32 trillion (USD 103 million) for the section from the Suoi Tien Station to Binh Duong Station. Tran Thanh Liem, Chairman of the Binh Duong People’s Committee, said the extension would create favorable conditions urban development and public transportation. Ben Thanh-Suoi Tien metro route is under construction. (photo: baogiaothong.vn) Along with preparations for the metro extension, Binh Duong has also earmarked land along the planned metro line for new urban areas under the TOD (transit-oriented development) mode.The Dong Nai and Binh Duong provincial People’s Committees have also agreed to the project, which is in line with the city’s transport development plan … [Read more...] about Ho Chi Minh City approves metro line extension to Dong Nai, Binh Duong